Nothing says “I’m an idiot” like a Bernie Sanders for president bumper sticker
And so it does. But if you are claiming to be wise, and then are unkind to idiots, then the idiots may conclude that being wise means being unkind.
I think Bernie fills a philosophical hole which was left by churches decades ago when they started jumping on things like FDR’s Social Security bandwagon.
It’s like the woman who accepted the hypothetical $1,000,0000 bid for her intimate services and then reacted with disgust at a $1 offer was told: we have established what you are, now we are only haggling the price!